The Raiders’ offense improved dramatically from week 4 to week 6, when rookie QB Derek Carr threw for 4 TDs en route to a late game 31-28 loss at home to the San Diego Chargers. There are a few reasons for Oakland’s improvement that were apparent in the game video, but none more important than […]

The Oakland Raiders buried a football last week to symbolize a past that should be forgotten. Their new start almost went according to plan. While Derek Carr’s four touchdowns weren’t enough to earn Oakland’s first win of 2014 last week, he could have shown the signs of life needed to get there in Week 7. […]

The Oakland Raiders haven’t done much to get fans excited so far in 2014, but the firing of Dennis Allen at least offers promise for change. Interim coach Tony Sparano buried a football in practice to symbolize the team leaving a rough start in the past. Looking ahead to Week 6, Oakland at the very […]

I was not able to watch the Raiders game live due to a family medical emergency. Instead, watching the All-22 coaches film was my first time seeing this game – both on offense and defense. For my thoughts on the offensive tape, you can click here. -The defensive tape was harder to watch than […]

Here are some observations on the Raiders offense versus the Miami Dolphins. I was not able to watch this game live due to a family emergency and I mostly watched the All-22 coaches film, which does not have the CBS announcer audio-track. Therefore, I do not know what the announcers focused on during the broadcast […]

Here are some thoughts, in no particular order, after re-watching every offensive snap of the Raiders’ week 3 game versus the Patriots using NFL.com’s Game Rewind coaches film feature: -Darren McFadden continues to show poor vision. He struggled in the zone scheme (twice) because he was not able to see where holes would open up […]

The Raiders looked nothing like the team they want to be when they took the field last Sunday versus the Jets in New Jersey. The team wants to be a power run team but ran for a measly 1.7 yards per carry on only 15 carries. The team wants to boast a strong defense, but […]

It is a make or break season for Raiders head coach Dennis Allen and his staff, who have gone 4-12 in their first two seasons in Oakland and must show improvement in 2014 to stay. You would think that sort of pressure would make a man edgy, but whatever reason, Allen doesn’t seem worried about […]

The New York Jets and Oakland Raiders clash in Week 1 to get the 2014 NFL season started, and both teams could put up a reason to exceed preseason expectations. This game also happens to be a solid value for fans from both sides, as the average price for Jets vs Raiders tickets is just […]

Real Raiders football – football that actually counts – is almost here! The Raiders start their regular season with an across-the-country trip to New York/New Jersey, to play the Jets on Sunday, at 10am PT. The Raiders have historically played poorly when traveling to the east coast and head coach Dennis Allen decided they would […]

The Raiders, like all NFL teams, cut their team down from 75 to 53 players, today. Here are the players that initially made the cut. It should be said, however, that some of these players may not be on the squad, still, a week from now. The Raiders will likely make at least a couple […]

Carr is not the Raiders QB of the future: He is not because saying that he is the QB of the future implies that he is not the QB of the present and after Thursday’s performance, he is clearly the best quarterback on the Raiders roster. Carr was an extremely impressive 11 for 13 for […]

The Raiders have now completed training camp and played in all four pre-season games. They have, in the last week, cut their team down to only 75 players. Now comes the truly difficult part: trimming the roster down to the final 53 players. Here are my projections of who that will include: For the offensive […]

The Raiders have now completed training camp and played in all four pre-season games. They have, in the last week, cut their team down to only 75 players. Now comes the truly difficult part: trimming the roster down to the final 53 players. Here are my projections of who that will include: For the defensive […]

The Raiders will have their fourth preseason game tomorrow, going against the Seattle Seahawks at home at 7 pm PT. Typically, the 4th preseason game is a snoozer –and it may well be this year, too – but there is some reason to believe that this year’s game will offer a bit more in the […]